The Gentleman Caller
Description
Lee Jiyeon had seen a lot of things in the span of the seventeen years she’d been alive: substance and domestic abuse, abandonment, arrests.
All throughout this, however, the girl had one person she could trust to protect her: her older brother Lee Jihoon.
Jiyeon had thought she had seen everything.
Then she--and Jihoon--met Hong Jisoo.
Foreword
This story just kinda popped into my head. I've been reading a lot of SEVENTEEN fics, and there aren't a lot of 2ji fanfictions on here. I will admit it's a strange pairing, considering Jihoon's abrasive and sarcastic (in a good way of course) and Jisoo's soft and gentlemanly, but it's a contrast/dichotomy that I find fascinating and interesting.
Maybe I'll throw in some side Meanie in there too, or pair Jiyeon and someone (maybe Dino?). We'll see.
For those of you who don't know what a gentleman caller is, it's a guy--presumably a gentleman--who makes house visits to the person he is interested in, in an attempt to court them, see if they're interested, etc. Think of him like a beau (old fashioned beau, not the masculine word for beautiful in French) or a guy who's courting someone. It's supposed to be romantic, antiquated, polite... but this is Lee Jihoon we're talking about. He's not the guy for old-fashioned romance. But at least Jisoo can try.
Also a term you'll get used to is an officetel. It's like a little apartment/office combination. The bottom picture of the cover is an officetel. Most have a loft for the bed, but it's not a complete second floor (you can't stand up straight). The kitchen isn't a full kitchen (two burners, no dishwasher, small sink, little counter space) and there's a washer but not a dryer. Here's a link to the layout of the officetel I used, in case you want a better sense of the Lee household. Jiyeon sleeps in the loft, and Jihoon sleeps on the main floor.
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